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The southernmost settlements in the world, excluding research bases in Antarctica
Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean....
 (there are already permanent settlements
Demographics of Antarctica

Antarctica has no indigenous inhabitants, but there are permanently- and seasonally-staffed research stations, and former whaling settlements. The largest of these, McMurdo Station, has a population of about 1200 residents....
 there), are:












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The southernmost settlements in the world, excluding research bases in Antarctica
Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean....
 (there are already permanent settlements
Demographics of Antarctica

Antarctica has no indigenous inhabitants, but there are permanently- and seasonally-staffed research stations, and former whaling settlements. The largest of these, McMurdo Station, has a population of about 1200 residents....
 there), are:

Location Latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
Population
Estación Naval Islas Diego Ramirez
Diego Ramírez Islands

The Diego Ram?rez Islands are a small group of lesser islands located in the southernmost extreme of Chile about 100 km southwest of Cape Horn and 93 km SSE of Ildefonso Islands, stretching 8 km north-south ....
, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (Naval station)
56º30' S ?
Estación Meteorológica de Cabo de Hornos
Cape Horn

Cape Horn island is the southernmost Headlands and bays of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile.Cape Horn is widely considered to be the most southerly point of South America, and marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage; for many years it was a major milestone on the clipper route, by which sailing ships carried tr...
, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (Weather station)
55º59' S 4
Puerto Toro
Puerto Toro

Puerto Toro, founded 1892 by Governor of Punta Arenas Se?oret is a Hamlet on the eastern coast of Navarino Island, Chile. It belongs to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, in Ant?rtica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Ant?rtica Chilena Region....
, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (Hamlet
Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural Human settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community....
)
55º05' S 36
Caleta Wulaia, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (Hamlet
Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural Human settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community....
)
55°02' S ?
Caleta Eugenia, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (Hamlet
Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural Human settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community....
)
54°56' S ?
Puerto Williams
Puerto Williams

Puerto Williams is a Chilean port, located on Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. It is the Capital of Ant?rtica Chilena Province, one of four Provinces of Chile located in the Magellan and Chilean Antartica Region....
, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (Village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
)
54°56' S 1,952
Puerto Navarino, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (Village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
)
54º55' S ?
Puerto Almanza
Puerto Almanza

Puerto Almanza is a small village settlement in Tierra del Fuego on the northern shore of the Beagle Channel. It is located at 54? 52' 21.74" S 67? 34' 36.85" W....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (Village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
)
54º52' S 200
Ushuaia
Ushuaia

Ushuaia may refer to the following:*Ushuaia, a city in Argentina.**Ushuaia Department, an administrative division**Ushuaia River**Ushuaia International Airport...
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (City
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
)
54º48' S 64,000
Tolhuin
Tolhuin

Tolhuin is a town in the provinces of Argentina of Tierra del Fuego Province , Argentina. It has 1,382 inhabitants as per the . It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Fagnano, in the southern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (Village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
)
54º31' S 1,200
Grytviken
Grytviken

Grytviken is the principal Hamlet in the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic. It was so named by a 1902 Swedish surveyor who found old English try pots used to render Pinniped oil at the site....
, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia ? which measures approximately by and is by far the largest island in the territory ? and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sand...
 (Hamlet
Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural Human settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community....
)
54º19' S up to 18
Río Grande
Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego

R?o Grande is a town in Argentina, in the northern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It has a population of 55,231, and it is the industrial capital of the Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (City
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
)
53º45' S 55,000
Porvenir, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (City
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
)
53º17' S 5,465
Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas, Chile

Punta Arenas is the most prominent settlement on the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Magallanes y la Ant?rtica Chilena Region, Chile....
, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (City
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
)
53º17' S 116,005


  • The former Argentine base Corbeta Uruguay
    Corbeta Uruguay

    Corbeta Uruguay was the Military of Argentina established in November 1976 on the island of Thule Island, Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands....
     (59º28' S) in South Sandwich Islands was the southermost settlement outside Antarctica from 1976-1982.


See also

  • Northernmost settlements
    Northernmost settlements

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    Extreme points of the world

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